Crispin

Literature Circle Guide to CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD by Avi Book Summary The mother of Crispin — Asta's son, as he is known, just a poor peasant — has died, and the boy flees the town of Stromford after being falsely accused of a crime.

Historian Barbara Tuchman described the fourteenth century as "violent, tormented, bewildered, suffering and disintegrating ...a time, as many thought, of Satan triumphant."In a world where religion ruled all, immortal damnation seemed not only possible but likely.